In re Petition to have Burke Submit to a Handwriting Exemplar

CAVANAUGH, J.:

¶ 1 This appeal is from an order requiring appellant to submit a handwriting exemplar to the Commonwealth. We find the court acted beyond its authority and, therefore, reverse.

¶ 2 The certified record shows that the Commonwealth filed a petition for handwriting exemplar on December 4, 1998. It alleged that since March, 1998, state senator Robert Mellow was in receipt of periodic correspondence sent by mail to his home. The Commonwealth determined the correspondence to be harassment by communication with the senator and his family. The appellant was alleged to be a potential…